"A heart-pounding thrill ride from first to final page, Devils Kill Devils grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. Johnny Compton has made vampires terrifying again!" --Erin A. Craig, #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Roots and Ruin "As full of twists and turns as a coil of barbed wire and twice as gripping . Devils Kill Devils is straight-up jaw-dropping in all the ways it subverts our preconceptions of beloved monsters. Count me in for everything Johnny Compton writes next." --Nat Cassidy, author of Mary: An Awakening of Terror and Nestlings Praise for The Spite House "Compton's chilling debut is horror with heart that puts a refreshingly modern spin on the haunted house story. Even the most jaded horror fans will be wowed." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An aching, heartbroken meditation on what haunts us and the sins we inherit from those who came before us.
" --Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth "Ever since I devoured Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House as a boy, I've loved a good ghost story, and The Spite House gave me those same chills." --Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and The Lioness "The modern Gothic story full of dread we've all been waiting for." --Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Children of Chicago "A work of great imagination and humanity, showing both love and terror in a world as real as the dust in the attic of a terrible old house." --Richard Kadrey, New York Times bestselling author "Johnny Compton is the new architect of terror, reconfiguring the blueprints of a haunted house story to fashion something fresh and frightening." --Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother "An exhilarating debut that will both warm your heart and leave you chilled to the bone." -- Grimdark Magazine "Another great entry into the horror revival." -- CrimeReads "The constant racial tensions, coupled with supernatural conflicts and a shocking twist near the end, make for a suspenseful page-turner." -- Booklist "One-part road trip, one-part family relationships, and one-part haunted house, serve this update on genre staples to showcase the voice of a rising new writer to an audience that adores the classics.
" -- Library Journal "This debut novel. pushes the boundaries of Southern Gothic. This is destined to be a breakout hit." -- Austin Monthly " The Spite House promises to uproot the expected and build an entirely new breed of gothic horror." -- The Lineup "With chills as well as heart, The Spite House delivers much to think about and lingers as a good scary story should." --Jamie Mason, author of The Hidden Things "A haunting, multilayered gothic novel with a refreshing twist on ghosts that gives you chills on every page, and just as much family heart." --Diana Rodriguez Wallach, author of Small Town Monsters "Compton propels us through this creepy maze with the assurance of one who has likely stared into the abyss himself." --John Harrison, writer/director of Tales from the Darkside.